Apple sues OpenAI in a bombshell legal battle, alleging a deliberate pattern of trade secret theft by former employees, including OpenAI's chief hardware officer, who allegedly accessed Apple's systems after leaving and downloaded confidential files on unreleased products.
OpenAI faces serious sanctions after allegedly lying for two years about its ability to search ChatGPT logs in a major copyright lawsuit, with a re-deposed privacy engineer revealing the company had already conducted searches of 78 million conversations before litigation began, directly contradicting its claims that such searches were technically …
Midjourney strikes back at Disney, Universal, and Warner Bros in a major copyright battle, demanding the Hollywood giants reveal their own internal AI use, arguing the studios may be guilty of the same copyright-infringing conduct they're accusing Midjourney of.
AI law startup Norm reaches unicorn status after raising $120 million in a Series C round led by Khosla Ventures, pushing its valuation to $1.2 billion as it disrupts traditional legal billing with AI agents supervised by human attorneys serving enterprise clients.
A coalition of state attorneys general has launched a major investigation into OpenAI, with New York issuing a subpoena targeting data practices, child safety, deceptive advertising, and model sycophancy, as the AI giant faces mounting legal pressure even while quietly pursuing a public offering.
Google sues Chinese cybercrime group 'Outsider Enterprise' for using AI tools including Gemini to run massive phishing campaigns targeting over 100,000 Americans, while coordinating with the FBI and major telecoms to block fraud and backing seven bipartisan bills to combat AI-powered scams.
A German court holds Google liable for defamatory AI-generated search summaries after the tool falsely linked two publishers to scams, marking a landmark first in AI legal accountability and potentially opening the floodgates for global lawsuits against AI firms.
A German court in Munich issues a landmark ruling holding Google directly liable for false AI-generated claims linking publishers to scams, marking one of the first times a court holds an AI company legally responsible for its model's speech — a decision that could reshape global AI content regulation.
The EU orders Meta to restore free third-party AI access to WhatsApp's Business API, ruling that blocking rival chatbots and charging fees for access constitutes an abuse of Meta's dominant position in European messaging markets, as Meta vows to appeal the decision.
Florida becomes the first state to sue OpenAI and CEO Sam Altman, alleging ChatGPT poses serious dangers to children through deceptive trade practices, negligence, and a lack of parental controls or age verification, while the civil case builds on a criminal investigation linking the AI chatbot to a Florida State …